| How to start getting rid of the stomach fat is a | | | | or in stroganoff). If done twice in the day, 100 |
| question which seems to be more complicated | | | | calories will be cut. |
| than a long mathematical equation. And it may get | | | | 35. Reduce the size of your steak from 4 1/2 |
| complicated and difficult to solve just like a | | | | ounces to 3 ounces. |
| mathematical equation IF the rules applied are not | | | | 36. Grill a cheese sandwich with nonstick cooking |
| correct. | | | | spray instead of margarine. |
| The quickest and Easiest way to lose fat is | | | | 37. Replace 1 cup of chocolate ice cream with 2/3 |
| relative to what you consider quick and easy. | | | | cup of nonfat chocolate frozen yogurt. |
| While there are no true fixes, there are definitely | | | | 38. Snack on 2 ounces of oven-baked potato |
| strategies and rules that you can apply to get | | | | chips instead of regular potato chips. |
| your goals the best way. | | | | 39. Instead of topping your salad with an ounce |
| First of all lets start off with the first rule.. | | | | of croutons, get your crunch from 1/4 cup of |
| 1. To lose weight you must create a caloric deficit | | | | chopped celery. |
| in your body.in simple words, you must eat less | | | | 40. Instead of 1 cup of macaroni salad, eat 3 1/2 |
| calories than you are burning in a 24 hour time | | | | cups of spinach salad with 2 tablespoons of |
| period. | | | | low-calorie dressing. |
| 2. Get good at rule number 1 and you wont need | | | | 41. Cut the peanut butter on your sandwich from |
| anything else. | | | | 2 tablespoons to 1 tablespoon. |
| Calories are burnt doing everything and anything. | | | | 42. Serve your turkey with 1/4 cup of cranberry |
| Working, walking, brushing your teeth, typing on | | | | sauce instead of 1/2 cup. |
| your keyboard,sitting idle... EVERYTHING. Even | | | | 43. Order a sandwich on cracked wheat bread |
| thinking burns calories.Thought requires glucose | | | | instead of a croissant. |
| transfer and neurochemical production and | | | | 44. Complement your hamburger with 1 1/4 |
| synapses to fire. All require calories to be burnt to | | | | ounces of oven-baked tortilla chips instead of a |
| make it happen. | | | | side of fries. |
| This does not mean that I recommend thinking | | | | 45. Split an apple Danish with a friend rather than |
| your way to lose fat. Although you are burning | | | | eat the entire thing. |
| calories when thinking, its not an efficient way to | | | | 46. Order 2 slices of cheese pizza instead of 2 |
| lose fat. Efficiency is time spent vs. results | | | | slices of pepperoni pizza. |
| received. | | | | 47. Grab a Dole Fresh Lites Cherry frozen fruit |
| There are two ways of creating a caloric deficit: | | | | bar instead of a Sunkist Coconut frozen fruit bar. |
| 1) Increase activity | | | | 48. Snack on 1/2 cup of fruit cocktail canned in |
| 2) Lower calorie intake | | | | water instead of 1 cup of fruit cocktail canned in |
| Although you can use either method mentioned | | | | heavy syrup. |
| above, it is better to use a combination of both. | | | | 49. Switch from 1 cup of fruit punch to 1 cup of |
| I am giving you a few tips on how to use both to | | | | sparkling water flavored with 2 teaspoons of |
| do so... | | | | concentrated orange juice. |
| 1) INCREASE ACTIVITY First of all, you need to | | | | 50. Instead of eating garlic bread made with |
| get moving. Do high intensity exercises, high | | | | butter, spread baked garlic cloves on French |
| intensity exercises has been shown to beat the | | | | bread. |
| pants off low intensity, long duration carsio. it quite | | | | 51. Rather than snack on 1 cup of grapefruit |
| simply gives you the most calorie burn for the | | | | canned in syrup, peel and section 1 small |
| time you spend exercising. | | | | grapefruit. |
| A person preforming 20 minutes of high intensity | | | | 52. Dip your chips in 1/2 cup of salsa instead of 1 |
| exercises will burn more calories than someone | | | | 2 cup of guacamole. |
| performing low intensity exercise at the end of a | | | | 53. Switch from 1/2 cup of Frozen Glade butter |
| 24 hours time frame. This is due to metabolic | | | | pecan ice cream to Brewers butter pecan ice |
| changes in the body, including exercises post post | | | | cream. |
| oxygen consumption. Basically this amounts to a | | | | 54. Use 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise in your tuna |
| higher metabolic rate all day long. At the end of | | | | salad instead of 2 tablespoons. |
| the day you can easily create an extra 300-500 | | | | 55. Hold the tartar sauce on your fish sandwich, |
| calorie burn through high intensity exercise. Add to | | | | and squeeze lemon on it instead. |
| this the deficit we are going to create with | | | | 56. Replace 3 fish sticks with 3 ounces of grilled |
| lowering intake, and you"ll be ready for swim suit | | | | halibut. |
| season in no time. | | | | 57. In sandwich spreads or salads, use 3 |
| Lets take a look At a second way of creating a | | | | teaspoons of mayonnaise instead of 4 teaspoons |
| caloric deficit. | | | | of mayonnaise. |
| 2) LOWERING CALORIE INTAKE- Now, depending | | | | 58. Use 2 tablespoons of light pancake syrup |
| on your personal experience, this may seems like | | | | instead of 2 tablespoons of regular syrup. |
| the tougher of the two ways to create the | | | | 59. Top your pasta with 1 cup of marinara sauce |
| deficit. What I"ll do here is give you the easiest | | | | instead of 1/2 cup of Alfredo sauce. |
| and most effective way to lower calorie intake. | | | | 60. For each serving of pasta salad you make, |
| Lowering calorie intake does not mean suffering. | | | | reduce the oil or mayonnaise by 1 tablespoon. |
| It means making wiser choices about your total | | | | 61. Replace 1/2 cup of peaches canned in |
| intake. This could be as easy as exchanging | | | | extra-heavy syrup with 1/2 cup of peaches |
| regular sugar filled beverages for the diet | | | | canned in water. |
| versions. | | | | 62. Prepare 1/2 cup of steamed peas and |
| A pound of body fat is equivalent to about 3,500 | | | | cauliflower instead of frozen peas and cauliflower |
| calories. So if you cut 100 calories a day by | | | | in cream sauce. |
| reducing the intake of calories plus the 300 | | | | 63. Cut back on sampling during cooking. The |
| approx. calories burnt by working out for 31 days, | | | | following "tastes" have 100 calories: 4 tablespoons |
| you're cutting 12,400 calories--or about approx. 4 | | | | of beef stroganoff, 3 tablespoons of homemade |
| pounds. WOW! | | | | chocolate pudding, 2 tablespoons of chocolate-chip |
| Losing 4 pound a month doesn't require drastic | | | | cookie dough. |
| changes in your eating habits. It can be as simple | | | | 64. At an Italian restaurant, snack on a large |
| as eating two egg rolls with your Chinese stir-fry | | | | bread stick instead of a slice of garlic bread. |
| instead of three. Here are 100 painless ways to | | | | 65. Eat a 3/4-cup serving of pudding made with |
| cut 100 or more calories a day. As a bonus, they | | | | skim milk rather than a 1-cup serving of pudding |
| all reduce fat or sugar, which means, calorie for | | | | made with whole milk. |
| calorie, you're getting more vitamins and minerals. | | | | 66. Choose 1/2 cup of brown rice instead of 1 |
| 1. Spread 1 tablespoon of all-fruit jam on your | | | | serving of frozen rice pilaf with green beans or 1 |
| toast rather than 1 1/2 tablespoons of butter. | | | | serving of frozen Oriental rice and vegetables. |
| 2. Replace 1 cup of whole milk with 1/2 cup of | | | | 67. Compliment your sandwich with 3/4 cup of |
| nonfat milk. | | | | split-pea soup instead of 1 cup of chunky bean |
| 3. Eat 2 poached eggs instead of 2 fried eggs. | | | | and ham soup. |
| 4. Replace 1/2 cup of granola with 2 cups of | | | | 68. Replace 3 tablespoons of strawberry topping |
| Cheerios. | | | | on your ice cream with 3/4 pint of fresh |
| 5. Instead of using whole milk and eggs to | | | | strawberries. |
| prepare 2 slices of French toast, use nonfat milk | | | | 69. Pass on the second helping of mashed |
| and egg whites. | | | | potatoes. |
| 6. Snack on an orange and a banana instead of a | | | | 70. Eat 3 grilled prawns with cocktail sauce instead |
| Snickers candy bar. | | | | of 3 breaded and fried prawns. |
| 7. Munch on 35 pretzel sticks instead of 1 ounce | | | | 71. Make a pie crust with 1 cup of Grape-Nuts |
| of dry-roasted peanuts. | | | | cereal, 1/4 cup of concentrated apple juice and 1 |
| 8. Replace 1 cup of sweetened applesauce with 1 | | | | tablespoon of cinnamon, instead of using a |
| cup of unsweetened applesauce. | | | | traditional graham-cracker crust. You'll save 100 |
| 9. On your lamb-and-vegetable kabob, replace 2 | | | | calories per slice. |
| of the 4 chunks of meat with fresh whole | | | | 72. Replace 8 sticks of regular chewing gum with |
| mushrooms. | | | | sugar-free chewing gum. |
| 10. Dip an artichoke in 1 tablespoon of low-fat | | | | 73. Snack on a papaya instead of a bag of M&Ms. |
| mayonnaise instead of 1 1/2 tablespoons of | | | | 74. Substitute 3 ounces of scallops for 3 ounce of |
| regular mayonnaise. | | | | lean beef in your stir-fry. |
| 11. Steam your asparagus rather than sauté | | | | 75. Rather than spread 4 tablespoons of cream |
| it in 1 tablespoon of butter or oil. | | | | cheese on two slices of raisin bread, dip the bread |
| 12. Instead of a 5-ounce glass of wine, opt for | | | | in 1/2 cup nonfat apple-cinnamon yogurt. |
| cherry-flavored sparkling water. | | | | 76. Munch on 1 cup of frozen grapes instead of |
| 13. For a chewy snack, have 1/2 cup of dried | | | | an ice cream sandwich. |
| fruit rather than 9 caramels. | | | | 77. Rather than drink a strawberry milkshake, |
| 14. Replace 3 slices of bacon with 3 slices of Light | | | | make a smoothie of 2/3 cup of low-fat milk, 1/2 |
| & Lean Canadian bacon. | | | | cup of strawberries and 1/2 a banana. |
| 15. Eat a Lender's egg bagel instead of a Sara Lee | | | | 78. Replace 2 brownies with 2 fig bars. |
| egg bagel. | | | | 79. Eat 2 meatballs instead of 4 with your |
| 16. Select 1 cup of home-style baked beans | | | | spaghetti. |
| instead of an equal serving of baked beans with | | | | 80. On a hot day, quench your thirst with a glass |
| franks. | | | | of ice water with lemon or mint instead of a can |
| 17. Replace 2 biscuits with 2 dinner rolls. | | | | of light beer. |
| 18. When making a sandwich, use 2 slices of | | | | 81. Eat 1/2 cup of black beans instead of 3 |
| Roman Light 7-grain bread instead of Pepperidge | | | | ounces of roast beef. |
| Farm wheat bread. | | | | 82. Replace 1 1/2 tablespoons of I Can't Believe |
| 19. Eat 1/2 cup of steamed fresh broccoli instead | | | | It's Not Butter spread with 1 1/2 tablespoons of |
| of 1/2 cup of frozen broccoli in cheese sauce. | | | | Nucoa Smart Beat margarine. |
| 20. Make a burrito with 1/2 cup of fat-free re | | | | 83. Choose 1 serving of vegetarian lasagna |
| fried beans and 1 ounce of nonfat cheese instead | | | | instead of lasagna with meat. |
| of the same amount of traditional re fried beans | | | | 84. Eat 2 Kellogg's Nutria-Grain bars instead of 2 |
| and cheese. | | | | Kellogg's Pop-Tarts. |
| 21. Replace an apple muffin with a high-fiber | | | | 85. Drizzle 3 tablespoons of low-calorie French |
| English muffin. | | | | dressing on your salad instead of 2 tablespoons of |
| 22. Reduce a typical serving of chocolate cake (1 | | | | blue cheese dressing. |
| 8 of a two-layer cake) by one-third. | | | | 86. Replace 1 large flour tortilla with 1 six-inch corn |
| 23. Switch from 1 cup of whole-milk hot chocolate | | | | tortilla. |
| to 1 cup of steamed 1% milk flavored with a | | | | 87. Eat a turkey sandwich instead of a chicken |
| dash of almond extract. | | | | salad sandwich. |
| 24. Replace 1 cup of caramel-coated popcorn with | | | | 88. Choose 4 1/2 ounces of tuna packed in water |
| 2 1/2 cups of air-popped popcorn. | | | | instead of 4 1/2 ounces of tuna packed in oil. |
| 25. Switch from 1/2 cup of yogurt-covered raisins | | | | 89. At Burger King, have a Whopper Jr. Sandwich |
| to 1/2 cup of plain raisins. | | | | with regular fries instead of a Whopper With |
| 26. Snack on 1 cup of nonfat plain yogurt instead | | | | Cheese Sandwich. |
| of 1 cup of custard-style yogurt. | | | | 90. Order your Quarter Pounder without cheese. |
| 27. Top your celery sticks with 2 tablespoons of | | | | 91. At Jack in the Box, eat a regular taco instead |
| fat-free cream cheese instead of 3 tablespoons | | | | of a super taco. |
| of regular cream cheese. | | | | 92. Fix 1 cup of turkey chili with beans rather than |
| 28. Replace 2 fried-chicken drumsticks with 2 | | | | regular chili with no beans. |
| roasted drumsticks and a cup of peas and | | | | 93. Use 1 cup of fat-free cottage cheese instead |
| carrots. | | | | of regular cottage cheese. |
| 29. Instead of eating 5 chocolate-chip cookies, | | | | 94. Order a sandwich with barbecued chicken |
| savor the taste of 2. | | | | instead of barbecued pork. |
| 30. Lighten your 2 cups of coffee with 2 | | | | 95. Replace 1 cup of corn with 1 cup of carrots. |
| tablespoons of evaporated nonfat milk instead of | | | | 96. Reduce your helping of turkey stuffing from 1 |
| 2 tablespoons of half-and-half. | | | | cup to 2/3 cup. |
| 31. Replace a 12-ounce can of cola with a | | | | 97. Have a single scoop of ice cream instead of a |
| 12-ounce can of diet cola. | | | | double scoop. |
| 32. Thicken your cream sauce with 1 percent milk | | | | 98. Replace 2 ounces of corn chips with 2 ounces |
| and corn starch instead of a roux of butter and | | | | of SnackWell's wheat crackers. |
| flour. | | | | 99. Eat 1 hot dog at the baseball game instead of |
| 33. At the appetizer tray, choose 4 fresh raw | | | | 2. |
| mushrooms instead of 4 batter-fried mushrooms. | | | | 100. Shred 2 ounces of fat-free cheddar cheese |
| 34. Use 2 tablespoons of fat-free sour cream | | | | on nachos instead of regular cheddar. |
| instead of regular sour cream (on baked potatoes | | | | |